1950 Green Bay Packers season

1950 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Gene Ronzani
Home field	City Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park
Results
Record	3–9
Division place	5th (tied) National
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1950 Green Bay Packers season was their 32nd season overall and their 30th season in the National Football League. The team finished with a 3–9 record under first-year head coach Gene Ronzani for a fifth-place finish in the National Conference.

Offseason

To get the franchise on a firm financial footing, the team started selling stocks publicly for the first time. The stock drive netted $118,000. To replace Curly Lambeau, the Packers named Gene Ronzani as their new head coach and Vice President. The year also saw another change as the team changed its colors to green and yellow from the navy that the club had been wearing.

NFL draft

Main article: 1950 NFL draft

Incomplete list

1950 Green Bay Packers draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	4	Clayton Tonnemaker	C	Minnesota
2	17	Tobin Rote	QB	Rice
3	27	Gordy Soltau	WR	Minnesota
4	43	Larry Coutre	HB	Notre Dame
6	69	Jack Cloud	FB	William & Mary
7	82	Leon Manley	G	Oklahoma
13	160	Carlton Elliott	DE	Virginia
18	225	Arnold Galiffa	QB	Army
25	316	Frank Waters	FB	Michigan State
30	381	Ray Mallouf	QB	Southern Methodist

• Yellow indicates a future Pro Bowl selection

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 17	Detroit Lions	L 7–45	0–1	City Stadium	22,096	Recap
2	September 24	Washington Redskins	W 35–21	1–1	Wisconsin State Fair Park	14,109	Recap
3	October 1	Chicago Bears	W 31–21	2–1	City Stadium	24,893	Recap
4	October 8	New York Yanks	L 31–44	2–2	City Stadium	23,871	Recap
5	October 15	at Chicago Bears	L 14–28	2–3	Wrigley Field	51,065	Recap
6	October 19	at New York Yanks	L 17–35	2–4	Yankee Stadium	13,661	Recap
7	Bye
8	November 5	at Baltimore Colts	L 21–41	2–5	Memorial Stadium	12,971	Recap
9	November 12	Los Angeles Rams	L 14–45	2–6	Wisconsin State Fair Park	20,456	Recap
10	November 19	at Detroit Lions	L 21–24	2–7	Briggs Stadium	17,752	Recap
11	November 26	San Francisco 49ers	W 25–21	3–7	City Stadium	13,196	Recap
12	December 3	at Los Angeles Rams	L14–51	3–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	39,323	Recap
13	December 10	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–30	3–9	Kezar Stadium	20,797	Recap
Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL National Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Los Angeles Rams	9	3	0	.750	9–2	466	309	W1
Chicago Bears	9	3	0	.750	8–2	279	207	W1
New York Yanks	7	5	0	.583	7–4	366	367	W1
Detroit Lions	6	6	0	.500	5–6	321	285	L1
San Francisco 49ers	3	9	0	.250	3–8	213	300	W1
Green Bay Packers	3	9	0	.250	2–9	244	406	L2
Baltimore Colts	1	11	0	.083	1–4	213	462	L5

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Passing

Player	Games	Games Started	Completions	Attempts	Comp. %	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions
Tobin Rote	12	12	83	224	37.1%	1231	7	24
Paul Christman	11	1 (on def.)	51	126	40.5%	545	7	7
Tom O'Malley	1	0	4	15	26.7%	31	0	6
Bob Forte	12	0	2	2	100.0%	24	0	0

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster
Quarterbacks 28 Paul Christman 76 Tom O'Malley 38 Tobin Rote Running backs 31 Bill Boedeker 3 Tony Canadeo 42 Al Cannava 82 Jack Cloud 27 Larry Coutre 42 Wally Dreyer 8 Bob Forte 64 Ted Fritsch 22 Billy Grimes 80 Floyd Reid Wide receivers 19 Al Baldwin 48 Ted Cook 31 Bob Mann 23 Steve Pritko		Offensive linemen 33 Buddy Burris 21 Ray DiPierro 18 Chuck Drulis 55 Enrique Ecker 90 Leon Manley 58 Ed Neal 51 Len Szafaryn Defensive linemen 44 Clarence McGeary 49 Dan Orlich 34 Joe Spencer 63 Don Stansauk 16 Abner Wimberly		Linebackers 17 Carl Schuette 77 Bob Summerhays 35 Clayton Tonnemaker Defensive backs 74 Rebel Steiner 25 Alex Wizbicki Special teams 36 Earl Girard Rookies and first-year players in italics

References

• Packers on Pro Football Reference
• Sportsencyclopedia.com